One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of making a decision about when to plant argyranthemum is to examine the USDA zone info for Florence.

Planting Calendar for Argyranthemum

Frost tolerance for argyranthemum:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost has passed.

It's a bad idea to plant argyranthemum until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant argyranthemum in Florence is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant argyranthemum and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your argyranthemum may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your argyranthemum indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Florence. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Florence may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Florence you get a frost after February 15 so just be sure to be ready to protect your argyranthemum in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Florence

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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